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Dec. Averages: Temps: 43°\20° Moisture:4 Days moisture 0.7” Flagstaff Today 53°: 23° Week 50 Day 341 Wind: 6 mph Gusts 10 mph Nearest lightning: 7 miles away Active Fire: 213 miles away Risk of
Fire: Low Air Quality: Fair Sunshine |
Weekly Observations
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Cookie Cutter Week Link 3-10 Clerc-Gallaudet Week |
4-24 Andisop (Meterological
Fiddling Link 7-13 National Hand Washing Awareness
WeekLink |
Daily Observations
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International
Civil Aviation Day |
National Pearl Harbor
Remembrance Day |
Today’s Quotes
Today’s Memes
My Thoughts for the day
It is warming up nicely here. Sunshine and blue sky look and feel great.
The electrician called and came over today to fix one of my switches. It
took all of 10 minutes and all is good now.
Just as FIFA is bringing the Cup to North America, FIFA makes up a ‘peace’
trophy and necklace for Donald. Big ceremony, but it didn’t make the headlines
they had hoped for. I will say they found a way to make Trump smile. However,
it may backfire when it comes to soccer fans here in the US
Newly seated Rep. Adelina Grijalva was in Tucson at a protest. She was
pepper sprayed at the event by ICE. Even the administration spin doesn’t make any
sense. This is unacceptable.
Wild West Myths that never happened…
Women Had
No Role in the Wild West
The myth
of the Wild West is often male-dominated, but women played crucial roles in
frontier life. They were homesteaders, ranchers, teachers, and business owners.
Some even became sheriffs, gamblers, or outlaws themselves, as highlighted by
the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.
Women
also provided stability to communities, establishing schools, churches, and
social organizations. Their labor was essential for survival, especially in
remote areas where every family member’s contribution mattered.
Figures
such as Calamity Jane and Annie Oakley broke gender expectations, proving that
women were just as capable of toughness and independence as men. Their stories
inspired later generations to challenge traditional roles.
Cities that changed their names…
Peking →
Beijing (China)
For
decades, “Peking” was the global name of China’s capital, a product of old
Western transliteration. But in 1979, China adopted the Pinyin system, aligning
Roman spelling with Mandarin pronunciation. “Beijing” was more accurate and
politically symbolic. It represented a country stepping away from
foreign-imposed versions of itself and toward linguistic self-definition.
To outsiders, the change seemed minor; to China, it was a statement of
sovereignty. Even so, traces of the old name linger in Peking duck, Peking
University, and the memory of a global vocabulary that outlasted empires.
Random Thoughts…
Your inner scream will never run out of
breath.
Do fish in water have a secret
existence that includes going to school, hanging around, studying, and getting
married?
Would there be vehicles if everyone
used roller skates instead of their feet, or would they all go rollerblading?
We will never know, and we will never
remember, what memories we had as youngsters.
Historic Events
1787 - Delaware became
the first state to ratify the U.S. constitution becoming the first of the United States.
1796 - John Adams was elected to be the second president of the United States.
1836 - Martin Van Buren was elected the eighth president of the United States.
1925 - Swimmer Johnny Weissmuller set a world record in the 150-yard freestyle
with a time of 1 minute, 25 and 2/5 seconds. He went on to play
"Tarzan" in several movies.
1926 - The gas operated refrigerator was patented by The Electrolux Servel
Corporation.
1941 - Pearl Harbor, located on the Hawaiian
island of Oahu was attacked by nearly 200 Japanese warplanes. The attack
resulted in the U.S. entering
into World War II.
1972 - Apollo 17 was launched at Cape Canaveral. It was the
last U.S. moon
mission.
1987 - Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev set foot on American soil for the
first time. He had come to the U.S. for a Washington summit with U.S. President
Reagan.
1988 - An estimated 25,000 people were killed when a major earthquake hit
northern Armenia in the Soviet Union. The quake measured 6.9 on the Richter
Scale.
1992 - The U.S. Supreme
Court rejected a Mississippi abortion
law which, required women to get counseling and then wait 24 hours before
terminating their pregnancies.
2002 - In Amsterdam, Netherlands, two Van Gogh paintings were stolen from the
Van Gogh Museum. The two works were "View of the Sea st Scheveningen"
and "Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen." On July 26,
2004, two men were convicted for the crime and were sentenced to at least four
years in prison each.
Birthdays
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1928 American
linguist (founded transformational grammar), philosopher and
political activist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ***************************** 1932 American
Oscar, Emmy, and Tony Award-winning actress (The
Exorcist; Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore; Requiem for a Dream), born in
Detroit, Michigan ***************************** 1947 American
Baseball HOF catcher (14 x MLB All
Star; World Series 1975, 76 [MVP]; NL MVP 1970, 72; 10 x Gold Glove;
Cincinnati Reds), born in Oklahoma City ***************************** 1949 American singer-songwriter, pianist ("Small
Change"; "Blue Valentine"; "Jersey Girl"), and actor (Ironweed; Down
By Law), born in Pomona, California ***************************** 1952 Susan
Collins (73 years old), American politician (U.S. Senator from Maine), born
in Caribou, Maine ***************************** American
Basketball HOF forward, coach, executive (3 x NBA C'ship;
NBA Finals MVP 1984, 86; 3 × NBA MVP; 12 x NBA All Star; Boston Celtics),
born in West Baden, Indiana ***************************** C. Thomas Howell(59
years old), American actor (Red Dawn, Tank, Soul Man), born in Los Angeles,
California 1973 American
Pro Football HOF wide receiver (5 × First-team All-Pro; 6 × Pro Bowl; 3 × NFL
receiving TD leader; SF 49ers, Dallas Cowboys), born in Alexander City,
Alabama |
Jean Eugène
Robert-Houdin(d.1871;@65, pneumonia) French
watchmaker and illusionist considered the father of modern magic, born in
Blois, France ***************************** Louis Prima, American
jazz and pop singer, trumpeter, and bandleader ("That Old Black
Magic"; "Oh, Marie"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1978@67,
stroke) ***************************** Rod Cameron [Nathan
Roderick Cox], Canadian actor (City Detective, State Trooper, Trigger Trail),
born in Calgary, Alberta (d. 1983; @73, cancer) ***************************** Eli Wallach, American
actor (Magnificent 7; The Misfits; The People Next Door), born in Brooklyn
New York, (d. 2014@98) Ted Knight [Tadeusz
Wladyslaw Konopka], American actor (The Mary Tyler Moore Show - "Ted
Baxter"; Too Close for Comfort), born in Terryville, Connecticut (d.
1986@62; cancer) |
…The End for today…
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